Refrigerating apparatus.



J HEINRICH. RBFRIGERATING APPARATUS. APPLICATION FILED MAY 12, 1908.

Patented Dec. 7, 1909.

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EEFRIGERATING APPARATUS.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 12,1a.os.- 942,445. Patented Dec. 7, 1909.

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REFRIGERATING APPARATUS.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 12, 1908.

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J. HEINRICH.

REFRIGERATING APPARATUS.

' APPLICATION FILED MAY 12,1908. 942,445, Patented Dec. 7, 1909.

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J. HEINRICH. REPRIGERATING APPARATUS. APPLIOATION'FILED MAY 12, 1908.

Patented Dec. '7, 1909.

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RBFRIGERATING APPARATUS.

AI BLIGATION FILED MAY 12, 1908.

Patefited Dec. 7, 1909.

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" WEED STATES EENT. FF C f JOHN HEINRICH, or K-Aiis sor'rY, MISSOURI, ASSIGNOR or ONE-HALF 'ro nnwA'Rn an.

POWERS, OF KANSA'S'CITY, MISSOURI.

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" REFRI'GE TING APPARATUS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

"P tents-('1 Dec. 7", 1909.

* App1ication'fi1edMay 12,1908. Serial No. 432,403. f

To atl whom it co /Leora Beit .known' that L'JoHx dialer union -a citizen of theUnited States; residing at Kansas City, inthecounty of J acksonand State of Missouri, have invented certain-new and useful Improvements in Refrigerating Apparatus,.of which the following is a specig I 1 of. .F 1g. 91s a plan View of the mechanism My inventionrelates-.to improvements in "anism being shown in horizontal section. Fig.:.l is a diagrammatic view of the cirifcuit-in which the rheostat is located.

refrigerating apparatus. It relates particularly *to the type of refrigerating apparatus in vvhichzrefrigerat ing fluid is compressed, condensed and then-- permitted. to expand to eflect the desired refrigeration, the expanded fluid then being successively compressed and expanded. In

- such types of refrigerating apparatus" the expanded fluid has a comparatively low tern-- perat'ure, sometimes being low enough to eifect freezing up of the compressing 'mechanism, thereby interfering with its-'- proper operation.

provide means by which theheat of-the 'comres'sed fluid is transferred totheexpanded uid, thereby effectingfthe lowering of the temperature of the co'mpresse'd fluid and snaising the ternperature ofthe expanded fluid so that the.compress ingechanism will ter by the'expanded' fluid retains the yvater at a comparatively low ..temperature, so that rapid evaporation is not produced.

"The novel features of my inventidil. are hereinafter more particularly described and In the accompanying drawings illustra tiye of my invention, Figure'l is a, plan view.

of the apparatus. Fig. 2 is'a sideelevation,

a portion of the refrigerating cabinet being broken away. Fig. 3 is a side elevation -.of

the compressing mechanisnrdisposed' 'iina position at right angles to the position oceupied by it in Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a vertical-"seetional view taken on the dotted line a-b of Fig. 1. Fig. 5 is a plan viw; of the coni pressor driving means looking at the din}; ders-ide thereof. In this view the lower The object of my present inventionis tohalf of the gear'cas'ing is removed. Fig. 6

is a cross section-taken on the dotted line c-d of Fig; 4, Fig. 7 is a cross section. taken on the-dotted line ef of Fig. 4.- F ig 8 is an enlarged'view partly in elevation and partly in vertical'sectionof therheostat and mechanism controlling the action there-;

shown .in Fig. .8 the support for said .mech

cylinder 3 having a closed lower end and an open upper-end. Mounted'on the base 1 at diametrically opposite sides of the cylinder or tank 3, are twovertical and preferably" channel'shaped supports 4,, upon whiehzare respectively mounted two. vertical cylinders 5,i ;;.;rvhich are respectively reciprocatively a 5. mounted w P o C prising preferably each, an upper cylindrical portion 6 and a; lower-cylindrical portion'7, each having a vertical hole therethrough, the two holes forming a longitudinal openim 8 through 35 i the piston, the upperend of which is closed v on the upward movement'of the piston by a. vertically movable valve 9 provided on its lower side .witha vertical stem 10= on which isinounted a coil springll the'lower end of'po which supported on a collar 12 carried bythe' stem, the upper end of the string bearing upon the piston member 6 and normally holding the valve 9 in the closed position; -The .upper end of'ea'eh cylinder 5 is provided withal1ead13, provided with a central vertical projection 14, having a A chamberlo in which is a cup shaped valve 16', vertically movable in the chamber 15,

between radial projections or guides 17 dis loo posed/around the periphery of. the chamber 1 15., A vertical opening 18' connects'thein- 'terior of the cylinder.5;with'the chamber 15. Theyalve 1.6 is normally held in a position closing isaidopenin 18 by a coil spring 19 mountedin sa dva ve and having its upper endb'ea'ring-against the lower'end of a plug -.20, fitt ed'to a screw threaded opening in the upper :erid of-the'. projection 14. Two verticalpist'on rods 21 extend respectively 11o oted to the crank pins 25. l

4O --with each other by resistance coils Asshown inFig; 10, .one brus'hof the motor 39- is connected by a conductor44with one of members 7.

'tivelyto the central portions .ofthe piston Upon the underside and atl'diaine'tric'a-lly' opposite pointsof the baselare secured two"- brackets 22: in which is ro't-atively' mounted a horizontal driving shaft23, havingfse'cured to its opposite ends two; crank disks 24, each having secured thereto"an 'e'ccentrically dis-. posedhorizontal-crank]oin125.- Two con- I necting rods 26 are pivotallyconnected at their upper endsfjres' aectively tofthe lower ends of thepistonro s-21-,-'the' lower ends of: said connecting rods beingrespectively-fiv Secured rigidly 'u-pon the 30 and 31 disposed respectively above" and below and embracing the shai'tf23;

side of the base 1. 'lheme mbers 30 and 31" inclose a c chamber 32 in which are mounted the gears 27 and 28. Said chamber-is" adapted to contain lubricatingoil which is introduced therein through a horiz'o'ntal'pi pe 33, as shown in Fig. 3.- Rigidlysecured to the shaft 29. is afiy wheel 34:- and a pulley" As shown in Fig. l, the pulley .35 is! connected bymeans of a belt 36 with: gpulley' 37 secured upon the armaturesha'ft; v 38701 anelectric motor 39. k

The motor 39 is located in circuit with a current generator such as adynamo 40, and

.a rheostatcomprising a pivoted lever ll-.1 and a'plurality of contacts 42 connected in'seri'es the end c'ontacts43. Thelever 41.,is con nected by azconductor 45 withone of the brushes 40 of the dynamo, the vother brush.

of which is connected by conductor 4L6 with the other'terminal of the motor 39.

Referring particularly to Fig. 8, 47'de notes a supporto'n which, the rheostatf'is; mounted and'towhich issecureda cylinder 48 provided at one end with an air inlet 49, and at theotherend with'an inlet for fluid in which is mounted one end of-aconductor 50. vR'eclprocatively mounted in-the cylindriving shaft: 2i is a-,bevel gear Wheel 27; which meshes with a bevel pinion-28 rigidly secureduponj' a horizontal shaft 29 rotatively mounted in a bearing comprising two hollow members H Said two members are bolted to "each other, the

upper memberbeing bolted to the 'underf-I I pressed fluid :from 1 t.lie compressing mech anisin to the expansion chamber 58 1s pro-1 vided at one end-With twobran'ch conductors ccssively. .onto' the contacts 42, thus closing the circuit. When the pressure in the conductor 50 becomes lower than atmospheric the lever 41 will-be swung ofiz' from the contacts t2,thu's breaking the circuit. The lat- 7 c -teroperation is obtained by the airentering d the; cylinder 48' through the opening 49 and rorcmg-"the piston 51 'to the position shown I opened and .closed va'nd thef inotor-39 alter-*=- rent {from the generator 40.-

The'n1otorl39 nwhen driven byt-he current w'ill','through the "mechanism". already described,.reciprocatei the pistons in .the. cylinders 5;; Preferably, 5 the relative dispositionof thecrankpins 252: j' i3 such-that' 'the. pistons willfmove siinul--' taneously inzoppc 'site-1directions so that-when c'onii'pressionis ta-king-splaceiin onecylifi'der a charge will be? entering" theot-her cylinder! U I Onjthe' shaft 23:,issecured a fly wheel .55; I '56 denotes apr'efrigerator casing in which is mounted a receptacle for containing a liquid'inwhichfis immersedla' portion of a sinuously formed conductor comprising an L expansion chamber 58.

T9- denotes'a valve casin 's'ecured'to one:

end. of I the zeitpansion chain lierjfid and havnately supplied ;withand, cut. off from curf I mounted therein a valve Whioh en'? trance into the chamber 58 of compressed v refri eratin -fiuidxis controlled! v llwo conductors are connected respectively atone set of ends L- to' the expansion chamber.58- t-he oth'erjsetof ends being connect} ed; respectively to: thecom'pres'si-ng means.

These two conductors "serve to;jconvey' coin pressed-fluid from the compressing appara'- tus to the ex ansion chamber and expanded; fl'uidfrom tie expansion chamber to the compressing apparatus.-

- The conductor 61- which Conroy s the coi 62 connected res pectively'with the chambers 5- 15 0fthe .;cylintlers53 as shown yinFi'gsf-l and3. The conductor GIis-proVidedWith,

fa helically coiled portion 63, which islocated 71,15

in the reccptacleor cylinder. 3. The upper conductor 61. and the branches 62, and formend 'of'thehelical portion 63 is tli e'inletf" endandthelowerjend is the outlet' endg v. j

Intermediate the helical portion 63 ofthe 'in'gapart. f 'sai dconductonis an oil receptacle'comprising a vertical closed hollow'cyl- I closes said In the conductor 61 and formingla-apartthereof intermediate the valvecasing 59 and thelower or discharge end/of the helical portionu63 isajl closed receptacle 67, 1 adapted to reeeiye and form .astorage chamber for the-liquid refrig- Y erating fluidflwhich has been condensed in passing throughatlie helical portion (S3.

'Th-f-ieceptacle3 isadap'ted to contain a cool ng medium; such as-water, in which the helical p0rti'on"63 is immers'ed',- said helical portion form's, therefore,- a' condenser in r which the condensed 'fluidi's cooled and conyerted in a liquid which'is deposited in the receptacle 6T.- Theinlet for the receptacle 1 is at the top thereof and is controlled by i a valve The outletofsaidreeeptaele 67 is afvertical tube 68l0cated insaid receptacle withit-s lower end disposed a short 4 "ta-nee above the bottomof said reeeptac-le, as

shown in Fig. 2. Said out-let controlled by a Valve70.- The .dis charge endzof the ,conductor 61 is';seeure'd to the inlet end of the valve casingv 59.: One end of a] con:

ductor 71 connected to the conductor 61 intermediate, the valve casing 595 and thereceptacle (37;- The'otherend-0f the conductor nected by a conductor 74 with theeonductor conductorj75 is provided with tw obranches. 76 which arerespectively connected with they 71 is connected to alpressure gage 7 2 of any desired type, by means-of which the pressure existing in the conductor 61-: isaseerta1ned. A s1m1lar qajressuregage '73 1s con- 50. The latter named pressure gagedenote's the pressure of the refrigerating fluid in the conductor '50.

The inlet endof the return conductor which conveys the expanded fluid from" the 58 to thecompressingcylinders, is connected .with the'diseh'arge end of said expansion chamber, as -=-sh0wn in expansion chamber Figs'l and .21 The 'other'end'.io;f; the return cylinders-5 adfiia'cent t-d'the lowerends there of, asshown the branches '1 6 and thegexpansionchamber 58 the conductor is provided with a helic: ally coiled portion 77',-shown.inlligs'."1 and 4, located concentrieally .in thewater recep tacle 3 \yithin the helical portion 63 of theconductor 61. v The helical portion '(Tis immersed iii-the"liquidmontainedlin the receptacle 3 and is located sufiicientl-yclose'tothe helical portion 63 t0 1 eceive jheatflfrom the portion 63, thereby assisting in lowering the temperature of, theeompressed refrigerating j fluid. Each branch 7 6-is proi'idedfiv oil inlet in which is mounted an o l branches 76 into th'e cylinders 5.

A coi'lductor 78-ha r1ng its from a source of supp1y,not shown. ELAS shown in Fig. 1, 3 Shut 01f Valve zis l'ovi111 Figs.'-1-to 4.. Intermediate ith a'n] UR-i113" by which lubricating oil-15 f d .thwugh l h e dischargeie nd located above the receptacle 3 conveys water" or other cooling: fluid into saidreeeptaele,

a--water acket for cooling theeylindei-i conductor 81 is connected at its upperend;

as shown inFigl 2', tothe' 'l'ower-end ofsaid "I water jacket-space '80. The lower:en i? of said C011duCt01 81 is connect-edit)" the recep+ 'tacle 3, adjaeent to the lower. en hereoi and from which it supplies water 0; the

of the conduetorsj18'1 spacesBQ-fj ually operated cut-ofi' conductor 44. I

- As shown in Figs. land 2, the-receptacle- 67 has secured to its upper end the lower. end

As shown in l0, lan ordinary-iman 83 is inserted in water space SOJQTwo tubes 82,gresp ectively= connect-the upper ends 'of the: water-1 jacket- 7 1431-3. 'By ineans and t iei tiibes' 82 .fre-sh Water as constantly supplied to, the water gee of a supply conductor 84 through which the;

letend of said conductor Set is normally closed by means of a closure 85.

' In the operationgof. the above described apparatu'sa suflicient supplyyot refri-gerat-- I i in the receptacleifi'l; The manually operated cut-oft '83- is: than; swi'i'ng tea position inwvhich- -theeleetricf e'ircnit isfc losede .The rheostat lever 41 is then. swung" to a position closing the electric e reuit,'. thls'elos1ng movement being; in the first instance/effected by hand. The valve refrigerating .fiuid, such as liquid ammon a 15 introduced into said receptacle. The m?? .95

.60 is then open'edvso as to permit the fluids. gto pas'sfronithe receptacle .67 .into-theex-jff pansion chamber and from there-by means of i -tl1e.eonductor 7 5 into the cylinders 5; The

electric circuit havii'ig been closed the motor I 39 isxthus supplied withv current from the generator 10 and Will-,be driven by the current andj' inturn will. through the 'm'eehamsm already described, cause reciprocat on joff the pistons in the CylIIIClQ-IS The pistons in-reciproeating will cause a partialvacuum. tojbe formed in said cylinders in alternate order. As, each piston moves upwardly in its cylinder 5 the partial vacuum will be formedxbelow the piston andin the branch YG' eOnnectediththecylinder 5. :A

partial va culu'ln will "also "be formed in the :conduetor 75 and expansion chamber 58. Tlie'hquid refrigeratmg fluid entering the expansion chamber 58-irom the conductor GI'WdIeX a-nd into gaseous form, and willheat-"fromthe liquid contained in the "abs pan l reeeptacle'fi'i thus efl eeting' -uthe depa-ss 'fro'rn the expansion chamber 58 through sired refrigeration... I The expanded fluid will l S O hiil-he statlever {ll will swung to the i the conductor 75 and helical portion 77 theremovement of the of and will then ,ll'l alternate order pass through the branches 76 into the cyl1nders.5 below the pistons mounted therein. As eachpiston moves downwardly the expanded fluid y will pass lengthwise through the piston by means ofthe'longitudinal opening 8 therein, past the valve 9, which onthe downward piston will be raised against the pressure of the spring ll. As each piston moves upward the valve 9will close and theexpanded" fluid will be compressed.

Each spring 19 whichholds'th'e cup valve -16- 'inthe closed; osition is of sufficient strength to holdt compression has .been obtained. The valve 16 will then be raised and the compressed fluid will ;pass' from the cylinder 5 through the passage 18 into chamber 15, thence by means of the receptacle 6?. The refrigerating liquid thenpasses by means of the into the expansion chamber "fi'cient liquid is liberated past the valve 60 plpe 68 and conductor 61 into the valve casing 59, in which it expands into gaseous form 58. WVhen sufintothe expansion chamber to effect the desired refri eration the pressure Within the expansion h will be forced bythegas pressure to the end of the cylinder4l8 provided with the air inlet'49. In' this position of the piston 51 positionshown'in dotted lines in F ig. 8, in

which position the motor 39 will receive the the compressing mechanism at maximum speed. In acase "that the pressure 1n the chamber 58 and conductors 75 andi falls.

, j below the atmospheric pressure, the pressure ofthe atmosphere will force the piston 51 55 again closing the electric circuit, up'onwhich' .shown in solid lines in flFigs. 2, 8 1 this position the circuit will be 3 the motor 39'not'beingf supplied with current will stop" running,

4 operation lot the. compressing mechanism Y until the valve is moved to a and through it the lever-41 to andlO. -In broken and thus stopping the position permitting more l quid to enter the expansion WVhen sutficientliquid has expansion has increased th prejssure in said e fluid in the cylinder ,chamberuntil the desired degree of the gas passing amber'58 and conductors 5 0-and will be greater than atmospheric pressure and the piston. 51 in the'cylinder 48 the position inbefore described.

valve 60.-

This being done the continued operation of the compressing mechanism the motor 39 will start running and willoperate the compressing mechanism, as herewill quickly reduce the"v pressure in theexpansionchamber 58 and conductor 50 below atmospheric pressure and the lever 41' and piston 51 will, as already described, be forced automatically to the position shown in solid lines in Figs. 8 and 10, thus 'breakipg the circuit and causing the motor and compress- I ing, mechanism' to cease operating, By closirg thevalves 69 and -70 the liquid in the receptacle 67 may be retained under pressure so that when it isdes'ired toioperate the apparatus it may, bestarted by simply opening the valves 60 and 70. In such case sufl'icient liquid may beforced into the ex- 1 pansion chamber 58 to produce a pressure f already described, the apparatuswill be automatically started into operation. After action of the compressing. mechanism has been begun'the valve 69 is opened."

the the-water contained in the receptacle 3, the water'iin turn absorbingthe heat from the therein above atmospheric, upon'which, as so i By passing the expanded ,fi uid through helical portion .77, it absorbs-heat from I compressed fluid-containedin the condenser 63. Thus a double-function is effected; The v temperature of the compressed fluid is reduced, while atthe. same time the tempera ture of the expanded fluid in the conductor 75 is raised from approximately 40? Fah. to about 60 Fah. It thus enters thecylinders 50 at a temperature too high to cause freezingf For this reason it is practicable -to bring the expanding gas into the lower or "colder ends of-the cylinders without danger of freezing up the workingmechanism. maximum amount of currentand w1ll drive 45 Another valuable feature of my invention isthe saving of water which is employed for condensim the compressed refrigerating fluid. The cold expanded fluid passing through thehelicaltportion 77' retains the water at a-comparatively low temperature, thus preventing loss of water through ex- 'cessive evaporation which would otherwise occur'owing to the great amount of heat imparted to the water from the helical p orf 1 tion 63. a I 'My invention may be subjected to various modifications within the scope of the; appended claims-without departing-from its spirit.

Having thus described my invention, what 4 I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patentis:'

.1. In a refrigerating apparatus, the com-' 'bination with a compressor cylinder, of a .p stonmounted therein, an expanslon chain 7 'ber,-a conductor leading from the expansion 1 chamber to the cylinder and. provided with an 'inletjfor oil, said. inlet being disposed so that oil deposited therein will run into the cylinder, and a conductor connected with the cylinder and with the expansion chamber for conveying compressed fluid from said cylinder to the expansion chamber, the latter named conductor having a portion comprising a condenser for condensing the fluid carried in said conductor, the latter named conductor having also located therein an oil receptacle in which the-oil is separated from the compressedfluid prior to the passage of said fluid into said condenser portion, said receptacle having an outletfor the oil and a valvecontrolling said outlet.

. 2. In a refrigerating apparatus, the combination with acompressor cylinder provided with an inlet and an outlet, of a con- L'ductor connected with said inlet for conveyingto said cylinder fluid to be compressed,

said conductor having means bywhich oil may bedeposited and .carried 'therein to sa1d cylinder, 'and' a discharge" conductor connected with the outlet of said cylinder and having'a portion forming a condenser in which the compressed fluid is condensed, the latter named conductor having located therein intermediate said cylinder and said condenser. portion a receptacle in which oil conveyed in said conductor, is discharged and separated from the. compressed fluid, said recpptacle being provided with a draw-off coc 3. In a refrigerating apparatus, the combination with a suitable support, of a receptacle mounted on said support and adapted to contain a cooling medium, of two compressor cylinders mounted on said support at diametrically opposite sides. of-said receptacle and provided each with an inlet and an outlet, of a rotary driving shaft mounted on said support and extending transversely under said receptacle, two pistons mounted respectively in said cylinders, means by which, when said driving shaft is rotated, said pistons are reciprocated in opposite directions, and two conductors for respectively conveying compressed and expanded fluid from and to said cylinders, said conductors each having a portion thereof normally covered by said cooling medium in said receptacle, the discharge end of the conductor for conveying expanded fluid having two branches connected respectively. with the inlets. of said cylinders, the inlet end of said conductor for conveying COmpressed fluid having two branches connected respectively with the outlets of said cylinders;

4. In a refrigerating machine, the combination with a compressing cylinder, of two conductors connected therewlth for conveying respectively compressed and expanded fluid, a receptacle for containing liquid in which said conductors are normally immersed, and by which heat is transferred from one conductor to the other, and means for discharging liquid from said receptacle in contact with said cylinder and then conveying the liquid back to said receptacle.

In a refrigerating machine, the combination with a compressing cylinder having a jacket, of two' conductors connected with said cylinder for conveying compressed and expanded fluid, a receptacle for containing liquid in which said conductors are normally immersed, and means for conveying liquid from said receptacle to sa1d jacket and back .to said receptacle.

6. In a refrigerating machine, the combination with a compressing cylinder having a jacket for containing liquid, of an expansion chamber, a conductor for conveying .compressed fluid from the cylinder to the said cylinder, a motor, means connected with.

the motor for reciprocating said piston, an expansion chamber, a conductor for conveying compressed fluid from said cylinder to said expansion chamber, a return conductor for conveying fluid from said expansion chamber to said cylinder, a water receptacle through which said conductors pass, means operated by pressure in one of said conductors for controlling said motor, and means cr-mneeting said receptacle and said water acket .by which water circulates between the receptacle and the water jacket.

- In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification inprescnce oftwo subscribing witnesses.

JOHN HEINRICH.

IVitnesses:

E. B. HOUSE,

E. T. POWERS. 

